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Can anyone tell me what the diagonal things on a ship's hull are for?
I see them quite often on the older ships and always wondered what they were. Thanks wwp |
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"wwp" wrote in message ... Can anyone tell me what the diagonal things on a ship's hull are for? I see them quite often on the older ships and always wondered what they were. Thanks wwp They are booms for supporting anti-torpedo nets. More info he http://www.btinternet.com/~philipr/nets.htm Regards, Tuppence |
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Thanks for this Tuppence.
Interesting stuff! wwp On Mon, 03 Mar 2008 09:51:57 GMT, "Tuppence" wrote: "wwp" wrote in message .. . Can anyone tell me what the diagonal things on a ship's hull are for? I see them quite often on the older ships and always wondered what they were. Thanks wwp They are booms for supporting anti-torpedo nets. More info he http://www.btinternet.com/~philipr/nets.htm Regards, Tuppence |
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